Tag: point of intersection of a line and a plane

A straight line $\overrightarrow { r } =\overrightarrow { a } +\lambda \overrightarrow { b } $ meets the plane $\overrightarrow { r } .\overrightarrow { n } =0$ at $P$ for which $\lambda$ is given by,

$\displaystyle \left( \overrightarrow { a } +\lambda \overrightarrow { b }  \right) .\overrightarrow { n } =0\Rightarrow \lambda =-\dfrac { \overrightarrow { a } .\overrightarrow { n }  }{ \overrightarrow { b } .\overrightarrow { n }  } $

Thus, the position vector of $P$ is

$\displaystyle \overrightarrow { r } =\overrightarrow { a } -\dfrac { \overrightarrow { a } .\overrightarrow { n }  }{ \overrightarrow { b } .\overrightarrow { n }  } \overrightarrow { b } $  $[$ putting the value of $\lambda$ in $\overrightarrow { r } =\overrightarrow { a } +\lambda \overrightarrow { b } ]$

Given equation of straight line $\displaystyle \dfrac { x-4 }{ 1 } =\dfrac { y-2 }{ 1 } =\dfrac { z-k }{ 2 } $

Given line is $\displaystyle\frac{x}{1}=\frac{y}{2}=\frac{z}{3}$ any point on the line is $(t, 2t, 3t)$. It lies in the given plane, if $t-2(2t)+3t-6=0$
i.e., $0\cdot t=6$, which is not true for any real $t$. So, the line and plane do not meet. i.e., the line is parallel to the plane.

We have,

$\dfrac{x}{2}+\dfrac{y}{3}+\dfrac{z}{4}=1$

Compare this equation of plane,

$\dfrac{x}{a}+\dfrac{y}{b}+\dfrac{z}{c}=1$

Then,

$a=2,\,b=3,\,c=4$

Then,

The coordinate of X-axis is $=A\left( a,0,0 \right)$$=A\left( 2,0,0 \right)$

The coordinate of Y-axis is $=B\left( 0,b,0 \right)$$=A\left( 0,3,0 \right)$

The coordinate of X-axis is $=C\left( 0,0,c \right)$$=C\left( 0,0,2 \right)$

We know that, the area of  \[\Delta ABC\] is

$ Area\,of\,\Delta ABC=\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}{{c}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}{{a}^{2}}} $

$ =\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{{{2}^{2}}\times {{3}^{2}}+{{3}^{2}}\times {{4}^{2}}+{{4}^{2}}\times {{2}^{2}}} $

$ =\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{36+144+64} $

$ =\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{180+64} $

$ =\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{244} $

$ =\dfrac{1}{2}\sqrt{2\times 2\times 61} $

$ =\sqrt{61} $

Hence, this is the answer.

We have point $(0,3,4)$ and we have direction's ratio also of line so we can write equation of line
$\dfrac{x-0}{2}=\dfrac{y-3}{-2}=\dfrac{z-4}{1}=k$
So consider a point which is lied on line $(2k,-2k+3,k+4)$
This point lies on plane also so it will satisfy the equation of plane:
$\Rightarrow 2(2k)-2(-2k+3)+k+4-10=0$
$\Rightarrow k=\dfrac{4}{3}$
Substitute the value of $k$ in point $\left (\dfrac{8}{3},\dfrac{1}{3},\dfrac{16}{3}\right)$

The line is $\displaystyle \frac{x-2}{3}=\frac{y-1}{-5}=\frac{z+2}2{}$

Given  lines
 $x -2y + 4z + 4 = 0$    ....(1)
 $x + y + z - 8 = 0$       .....(2)
Subtracting (2) from (1), we get
$\Rightarrow y-z=4$        .....(3)
Given equation of plane $x-y+2z+1=0$
Since, the line intersects the plane, so using (3), we get 
$\Rightarrow x+z=3$      ......(4)
Hence, $y=5$, $z=1 $ and $x=2$
Hence, option C is correct.

Equation of a line through the point $\displaystyle P\left ( 2,-1,2 \right )$, equally inclined to the axes is given by,
$\displaystyle \frac{x-2}{1}=\frac{y+1}{1}=\frac{z-2}{1}=k$ (say)
Any point on the line is $Q ( k+2,k-1, k+2  )$ which lies on the plane $\displaystyle 2x+y+z=9$
 $\Rightarrow \displaystyle 2\left ( k+2 \right )+k-1+k+2=9 \Rightarrow k=1$,
For this values of $k$, the coordinates of $Q$ are $\displaystyle \left ( 3,0,3 \right )$.
So, $\displaystyle PQ=\sqrt{\left ( 3-2 \right)^2+\left ( 0+1 \right )^2+\left ( 3-2 \right )^2}=\sqrt{3}$